Wegmann, J, Schafran, A orcid.org/0000-0003-1990-925X and Pfeiffer, D (2017) Breaking the Double Impasse: Securing and Supporting Diverse Housing Tenures in the United States. Housing Policy Debate, 27 (2). pp. 193-216. ISSN 1051-1482
Abstract
What might be described as a double impasse characterizes debate on U.S. housing tenure with advocates fighting for rental or ownership housing on one side and Third Way or mixed-tenure solutions on the other. Breaking this impasse requires disengaging from conceptions of an idealized form of tenure and instead advocating making virtually all tenures as secure and supported as possible, so that diverse households are able to live in homes that best fit their changing needs over their life cycles. This essay (a) presents data on the variety of tenures in the United States; (b) conveys a new two-dimensional map of tenure according to their degrees of control and potential for wealth-building; and (c) shows how U.S. institutions shape their risks and subsidies. Most U.S. tenures are at least somewhat risky, including those that receive the greatest federal subsidies. A new housing system is needed to secure and support as many tenures as possible.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2016, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Housing Policy Debate on 19 July 2016, available online: http://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2016.1200109 |
Keywords: | Tenure, homeownership, rental housing, Third Way, |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Geography (Leeds) > SOG: Cities & Social Justice (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2016 11:25 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2018 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2016.1200109 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/10511482.2016.1200109 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:100775 |